Not every shift in infantry tactics comes from better equipment. Some changes emerged because weapons failed to perform as ...

For decades, modern warfare relied on the idea that overwhelming firepower could compensate for imperfect information and ...

Military history is riddled with weapons systems failing to live up to the reality of the situation on the battlefield. […] ...

China says it is testing more than 10 quantum cyber warfare tools in front-line missions to extract intelligence from public cyberspace.

Facing evolving threats, the U.S. military introduced the XM7 rifle and XM250 machine gun under the Next Generation Squad Weapons program. This video explains how new calibers, modular design, and ...

As military spending skyrockets and the push is on for new weapons to go quickly from the lab to the fleet, military leaders, defense contractors, innovators and investors will gather Dec. 16 in ...

Potentially getting as small as a mosquito, new micro drone technology could change the nature of some military operations. Micro drones are cheap and versatile, but tiny batteries limit their range.

YJ-19, China's first operational hypersonic cruise missile, seen during a military parade in Beijing, Sept. 3, 2025. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images) There are two competing narratives about the ...

The U.S. continues to lag behind its adversaries in the hypersonic arms race. Both China and Russia likely have multiple operational hypersonic weapons, according to a recent congressional report, and ...

During the Cold War the U.S. considered putting nuclear weapons on balloons and letting them float into enemy territory for a strike.